August 31 - The Rest


John McCain (August 29, 1936 - August 25, 2018) -- born the same year as Richard Berry, Steve Reich, and Vaughn Meader! -- lies in state in the rotunda of the United States Capitol,


locally on the 157th day of summer,


high up 9 to 89 (12 days of temps in the 80's, after nothing but 90's and 100's -- save for August 15's 89 -- stretching all the way back to July 4), with the editing of page 74 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II...